when i was watching the trailer i was impressed by the new land scape, very well done. then came the combat and i cried at the pace of animations and there simplistic look. but the real hurt came as i saw what chaos thrust may/may not look like in the finalized game. how they took one of the most beautiful lancer skill's "Chaos thrust" and turned into complete garbage is beyond me.

all in all, this is not the quality i expect coming from Square Enix.

as a side note: i didn't play FFXI for 6 years because of the awesome graphics i played it because of the unique style of animations, the the awesome story, the original jobs, and the community.